signing this bond they sent a characteristic answer to a communication from General Mackay, in which he asked them to address the Government for such terms as would induce them to lay down their arms. In reply they say "that you may know the sentiments of men of honour, we declare to you and all the world, we scorn your usurper, and the indemnities of his government; and to save you farther trouble by your frequent invitations, we assure you that we are satisfied our king will take his own time and way to manage his dominions and punish his rebels; and although he should send us no assistance at all, we will die with our swords in our hands before we fail in our loyalty and sworn allegiance to our sovereign." General Buchan meanwhile joined Cannon, and the two finding themselves unable to oppose General Mackay, after wandering for a time through the country, dismissed their few remaining followers. Buchan, Lieutenant Graham, Sir George Barclay, and other officers, retired to Glengarry's residence, where they remained for a considerable time, partaking of Glengarry's hospitality, and still entertaining some hope, however frail, of the restoration of King James, in whose interest they were prepared to enter upon any service, however hopeless and hazardous. General Cannon and his officers retired with Sir Donald Macdonald of Sleat, receiving similar treatment from him as those did who went to Glengarry, and entertaining the same hopes of Stuart restoration and courtly favour. On the 27th of August 1691, a proclamation was issued by the Government promising an indemnity to all who would make their submission and swear allegiance to the Government by the 1st of January 1692, and all the chief's, except MacIan of Glenco, gave in their adherence within the time prescribed. By a special agreement with the Government, Generals Buchan and Cannon, with their officers, were sent to, France, whither, as already stated, they obtained permission from James to retire, as they could be of no further service to him in their native land. It is unnecessary to detail at any length the various incidents and the state of feeling prevailing among the Highlanders which, in 1715, culminated in the Battle of Sheriffmuir. Alexander of Glengarry was one of those who signed a letter to the Earl of Mar, expressing loyalty to King George, stating that " as we were always ready to follow your directions in serving Queen Anne, so we will now be equally forward to concur with your lordship in faithfully serving King George." The other signatures to this document are Maclean, Lochiel, Keppoch, Sleat, Mackintosh, Fraserdale, Macleod of Contulich, Glenmoriston, Comar, and Cluny. Notwithstanding these professions of loyalty to King George, Glengarry was among the great chiefs who soon after met at the pretended grand hunting match in Braemar, on the 27th of August 1714, to arrange with Mar as to raising the standard of rebellion in favour of the Chevalier. A warrant for his apprehension, with many others of the Highland chiefs, was issued by the Government, but though Sir Donald Macdonald of Sleat and several others were apprehended and committed prisoners to the Castle of Edinburgh, Glengarry escaped capture. He appeared at Sheriffmuir at the head of 500 Glengarry Macdonalds, where he greatly distinguished himself, as indeed all the Macdonalds did, of whom there were nearly 3000 in the rebellion, under the chief command of Sir Donald Macdonald of Parliamentary Records. us."* Sleat. Patten informs us that "all the line to the right, being of the clans led on by Sir Donald Macdonald's brothers, Glengarry, captain of Clan-Ranald, Sir John Maclean," and several others whom he names, "made a most furious attack, so that in seven or eight minutes we could neither perceive the form of a squadron or battalion of the enemy before Referring to Glengarry, he states: "This gentleman was inferior to none in bravery." After Sheriffmuir the Highlanders retired to the North, and, after the final suppression of the rebellion, Alexander of Glengarry made his submission to General Cadogan at Inverness, and on the 15th of September 1725 the Macdonalds of Glengarry peaceably surrendered their arms to General Wade at the barracks of Fort-Augustus, and all received pardon for the part they had taken in the rebellion of 1715, After Sheriffmuir he was created a Peer of Parliament, by the addicated King James II., by patent dated 9th of December 1716. He married Mary, daughter of Kenneth Mor Mackenzie, third Earl of Seaforth, with issue-t 1. Donald Gorm, who so greatly distinguished himself at Killiecrankie, where he fell so gloriously after having killed eighteen of the enemy with his broadsword. He died unmarried. 2. John, who succeeded his father, and several others. Alastair Dubh Macdonell, one of the most distinguished Chiefs of Glengarry, died in 1724, when he was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, XIX. JOHN MACDONELL, twelfth of Glengarry, who obtained a charter to himself and his heirs male, dated 27th of August 1724, of the lands of Knoydart, from John, Duke of Argyll, whose grandfather evicted these. lands by a legal process from Æneas, Lord Macdonell and Arros. Under this destination the lands of Knoydart descended to his son, Alexander, and on his death, without issue, to his nephew, Duncan, John's grandson -son and next heir of Colonel Eneas Macdonell, John's second son, killed in the streets of Falkirk while in command of two battalions of his clan, who fought gallantly and with great effect on the right wing of Prince Charlie's army. Duncan himself took no part in the rebellion of 1745, but his second son, Angus, a youth only nineteen years of age, led two battalions of his retainers to the standard of Prince Charles, commanded respectively by Lieut.-Colonel Macdonell of Lochgarry and Lieut.Colonel Macdonell of Barrisdale, both holding rank under himself. Alastair the eldest son, had been chosen by the other Highland Chiefs to carry an address to the Prince in France, and signed by their blood. Having missed his Royal Highness, who in the interval started for Scotland, Glengarry was taken prisoner and detained in the Tower of London until after Culloden, though he was at the time an officer in the French Guard. The manner in which the family distinguished themselves on this occasion by their ancient loyalty and valour is too well known to require extended notice in these pages, though in the separate work considerable detail will be quite appropriate. John married, first, the only daughter of Colin Mackenzie, IXth of Hilton, with issue * History of the Rebellion. + This was his second wife, he having first married Anne, daughter of Hugh, Lord Lovat, with issue, an only daughter, Anne, who married Roderick Mackenzie, IVth of Applecross. 1. Alastair, his heir. 2. Æneas, a Colonel in the army, already referred to as the leader of the clan during the campaign of the 'Forty-five. He married Mary Macdonald, daughter of Alexander Robertson of Strowan, with issue-(1) Duncan, who succeeded his uncle as XIVth of Glengarry, and of whom presently; (2) Angusia, who married Mackay of Achamony. He married, secondly, a daughter of John Gordon of Glenbucket, with issue 3. James, whose daughter Amelia married Major Simon Macdonald of Morar. 4. Charles, a Major in the army, who went to America, and of whose descendants, if he left any, nothing is known. 5. Helen, who married Ranald Macdonell, fifth of Scotus. He was succeeded by his eldest son, XX, ALASTAIR MACDONELL, thirteenth of Glengarry, who in a General Retour, dated 2d of February 1758, before the Bailies of Inverness and a respectable Jury, is described:- Qui Jurati Dicunt magno sacramento interveniente quod quondam Donaldus MacAngus vic Alister de Glengary Attavus Alexandri Macdonell de Glengary latoris de presentium filii quondam Joannis Macdonell de Glengary qui fuit filius demortui Alexandri Macdonell de Glengary qui fuit filius Ronaldi Macdonell de Glengary qui fuit filius Donaldi Macdonell de Scotus, qui fuit filius natu secundus dicti Donaldi MacAngus vic Alister obiit," &c. "Et quod dictus Alexander Macdonell nunc de Glengary est Legitimus et propinquior hæres masculis dicti quondam Donaldi MacAngus vic Alister sui attavi," &c. There is another Retour, of the same date and place, and before the same parties, proceeding :-"Qui Jurati Dicunt magno sacramento interveniente quod quondam Æneas Dominus Macdonell de Arros filius fratris abavi Alexandri Macdonell," &c., &c., the same as above, and concluding, "Donaldi Macdonell de Scotus fratri natu secundi Alexandri Macdonell de Glengarry patris dicti quondam Æneæ Domini Macdonell de Arros obiit," &c. "Et quod dictus Alexander Macdonell nunc de Glengarry est ligitimus et propinquior hæres masculus dicti quondam Æneæ Domini Mocdonell de arros ejus filii fratus abavii." He was, as already stated, chosen by the Highland Chiefs to carry an address to Prince Charles, signed by their blood, giving assurance of their fidelity, though his father was then living, but very advanced in years. On his return he was met and overpowered by two English men-of-war, and after a hot fight he was obliged to surrender; for the inflexible attachment and loyalty of the family to the House of Stuart, and his own military talents and influence among the Highlanders being well known to the Government, he was kept in the Tower of London till after the 'Forty-five. He died unmarried in 1761, when he was succeeded by his nephew, the only son of Colonel Æneas Macdonell, who fell at Falkirk, XXI. DUNCAN MACDONELL, fourteenth of Glengarry, who married Marjory, daughter of Sir Ludovick Grant, Bart. of Dalvey, with issue1. Alastair Ranaldson, his heir. 2. Lewis, a Captain in the Army, who died unmarried. 3. James, afterwards knighted and made a K.C.B. for distinguished services, became a Lieutenant-General in the Army, Principal Equerry to the Queen Dowager, highly distinguished at Maida, Egypt, and Waterloo. He died, unmarried, in 1857. 4. Angus, died in infancy. 5. Somerled, died at Curacoa, in the West Indies, unmarried. 6. Elizabeth, who first married William Chisholm of Chisholm, with issue, and secondly Sir Alexander Ramsay, Bart. of Balmain. 7. Sibella, who died young. 8. Margaret, who married Major Downing, with issue, an only daughter, Elizabeth, married to Mr Stewart of Lochcarron. On the 30th of April 1788, being legally vested in Glengarry and Knoydart, he made a new destination of his whole estates in favour of certain heirs, of whom his "eldest son," explicitly so designed, was the institute. He was succeeded by his eldest son, XXII. ALASTAIR RANALDSON MACDONELL, fifteenth of Glengarry, who may truly be called the last specimen of the Highland Chiefs of history, and is supposed to have been Scott's original for Fergus MacIvor. It is impossible here to chronicle in detail the various incidents of his remarkable and interesting career, but we hope to do so elsewhere. He it was who raised the great controversy in 1818 with Clanranald as to the chiefship of the clan, to which we have repeatedly referred in these pages. He married, on the 28th of January 1802, Rebecca, second daughter of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, Bart., by whom he had issue (with six sons who died young) 1. Æneas Ranaldson, his heir. 2. Elizabeth, who married Roderick C. Macdonald of Castletioram, with issue-John Alastair, now a monk in Canada; Emma, who died young; and Elizabeth, a nun. 3. Marsali, who, on the 22d of October 1833, married Andrew, fourth son of Andrew Bonar of Kimmerghame, Berwick, with issue-two sons and two daughters. 4. Jemima Rebecca, who, on the 5th of July 1833, married Charles Hay, second son of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo and Fettercairn, Bart., with issue (1) William Stewart Forbes, who (born 16th June 1835) succeeded as the 9th Baronet of Pitsligo, now in New Zealand-married, with issue, three sons and four daughters; (2) Alexander Charles (born 15th April 1837), in holy orders-married, with issue, one son and two daughters; (3) John Stewart (born 28th May 1849), who joined the American cavalry, and was killed in action at Montana, U.S.A.; (4) James Edmund (born in 1854), now in London, unmarried; (5) Emma and (6) Amelia, both died young in 1849; (7) Elizabeth, who married the Rev. George Digby, without issue; (8) Henrietta, who married the Rev. Walter Hiley, with issue-five sons and three daughters; (9) Adelaide, who married the Rev. Francis Traill, with issue-one son and two daughters. Mrs Forbes now resides at Cheltenham. 5. Louisa Christian. 6. Caroline Hester. Both unmarried, and residing in Rothesay. 7. Gulielmina, who married Hugh Brown of Newhall, with issuetwo sons, Horatio and Allan, the latter in New Zealand. 8. Euphemia, died unmarried. Glengarry was killed on the 14th of January 1828, getting off the wrecked steamer Stirling Castle, near Fort-William, when he was succeeded by his only surviving son, XXIII. ENEAS RANALDSON MACDONELL, sixteenth of Glengarry, who (born 19th July 1818) married, on the 18th of December 1833, Josephine, eldest daughter of William Bennet, niece of the Right Rev. William Bennet, Bishop of Cloyne, with issue- 1. Alastair Ranaldson, his heir. 2. Æneas Robert, born in 1835. He was a distinguished student, having secured the highest prizes at Chatham. He was drowned in the Medway in 1855, the twentieth year of his age. 3. Charles Ranaldson, who, on the death of his eldest brother, in 1862, became representative of the family. 4. Marsali, who, in 1869, married Hector Frederick Maclean, Edinburgh, without issue. 5. Eliza, who, in 1857, died unmarried, in the 18th year of her age. 6. Helen Rebecca, who, in 1866, married Captain John Cunninghame of Balgownie, with issue-John Alastair Erskine, born in 1869, and Helen Josephine Erskine. Captain Cunninghame died in 1879. Æneas Ranaldson, who sold the property so long inherited by his distinguished ancestors, was succeeded as representative of the family by his eldest son, XXIV. ALASTAIR RANALDSON MACDONELL, Seventeenth of Glengarry, born in 1834. He died, unmarried, in New Zealand, in 1862, when he was succeeded as representative of the family (his next brother, Æneas Robert, having died in 1855) by XXV. CHARLES RANALDSON MACDONELL, eighteenth of Glengarry, born in 1838. He married, in 1865, Agnes Campbell, eldest daughter of Alexander Cassels, without issue. He died, on his way home from New Zealand, in June 1868, being (failing any descendants of Major Charles Macdonell, youngest son of John Macdonell, twelfth of Glengarry, who emigrated to America), the last male of the line of Glengarry from Alastair Dubh, son of Ranald II. of Scotus, who succeeded to Glengarry, on the death of Lord Macdonell and Arros in 1682. It is maintained by some members of the family that the descendants of Major Charles Macdonell have not been satisfactorily accounted for, and they have therefore hitherto declined to acknowledge the succession of the descendants of Æneas, second son of Reginald II. of Scotus, and brother of Alastair Dubh Macdonell-ancestor of the late Glengarry, as Chiefs. According to this latter claim, which has, however, been admitted by the Lyon King at Arms, on the death of Charles Ranaldson Macdonell, eighteenth of Glengarry, on the 28th of June 1868, he was succeeded as representative of the family by his remote cousin [for descent see FAMILY OF SCOTUS], XXVI. ENEAS RANALDSON MACDONELL, seventh of Scotus, and nineteenth of Glengarry, who died on the 24th of October in the same year, whereupon, his eldest son Æneas Ranald having predeceased him, he was succeeded by his grandson, XXVII. ÆNEAS RANALD WESTROP MACDONELL, born 5th December 1847, as twentieth representative and present Chief of Glengarry. He mar ried, in 1874, Catharine Frances, only daughter of Henry Herries Creed, with issue 1. Æneas Ranald, his heir, born 8th of August 1875. 2. Alister Somerled. 3. Marion Lindsay. |